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HBI Provides Technical Know-How for SD Training Effort

When the South Dakota Home Builders Association was looking for technical assistance for a state-wide training effort to educate local high school students about careers in construction, it turned to the Home Builders Institute, the workforce development arm of NAHB, and soon found that it had come to the right place.

HBI's assistance will also enable members of the state association to participate in this effort and work first-hand with young people to let them know what a career in the industry can offer.

Using one of its existing workforce development programs — “Build a Home, Build a Career” — HBI will be providing user-friendly materials targeted to making 14- to 18-year-olds aware of possible careers in the housing industry.

HBI has contracted with the West River Foundation, a non-profit group that secures funding for economic development projects, to help implement the “South Dakota Construction Careers” program on behalf of the state’s department of labor.

“We are confident that HBI’s experience in workforce development will provide valuable technical assistance that will help ensure the program’s advancement as well as its sustainability,” said Cindy Sheehan, executive officer of the HBA.


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The program, Sheehan noted, “provides our members with an opportunity to be involved in the community, to work closely with our school system and to raise the awareness of construction careers.”

More than 200 young adults are expected to participate in the program each year.

Builders will be directly involved in implementing the new program’s two components.

First, in week-long programs at two locations in South Dakota, students will explore the full array of career options in construction.

The second component of the program will provide students with extensive hands-on training in specific trades.

For further information, e-mail Carolee Mills at HBI.


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